On location with Inspector Andy Horton in THE FARLINGTON MARSH MURDERS, no. 8 in the Solent Murder Mystery Series


The Farlington Marsh Murders by Pauline RowsonMEET DI ANDY HORTON IN THE FARLINGTON MARSH MURDERS

He’s a risk-taking Harley-Davidson-riding, sailing detective who doesn’t always play by the rules . . . which often lands him in trouble with his bosses.

(Please note this was previously published as Death Lies Beneath).

Detective Inspector Andy Horton is at the funeral of ex-con Daryl Woodley. He’s there to keep an eye on the mourners and watch out for a big-time crook, who they suspect was involved in Woodley’s murder.

But it’s a perplexing case. Prior to his death, Woodley was assaulted and spent three days in hospital before discharging himself. His body is found by a dog walker on Farlington marshes, three miles from the hospital. How did he get there?

The funeral surveillance appears to be a bust. But the next morning Horton is called out to another suspicious death.

A woman’s body is found on a yacht wreck, stabbed in the back. She’s wearing a black figure-hugging dress and a wide-brimmed black hat.

Horton recognizes the woman instantly. She was at Woodley’s funeral.

Are the cases linked? Horton is thrown into another complex investigation. As tensions rise, Horton receives a chilling message. It looks like time is running out for our bold detective . . .

Here are some photographs of the setting for THE FARLINGTON MARSH MURDERS.

Farlington Marshes is part of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. It is a coastal grazing marsh and lagoon which has several pools, and a broad stream providing feeding and roosting sites for waders and wildfowl.

Farlington Marshes, featured in DI Andy Horton, The Farlington Marsh Murders

 The marshes were reclaimed from the harbour in 1771. During World War 2 it was used as a starfish site acting as a decoy for Portsea Island. The control blockhouses remain on the marshes



Farlington Marshes, featured in DI Andy Horton, The Farlington Marsh Murders


Then a woman's body is found on a rotting boat being salvaged in Portsmouth Harbour in Tipner Lake within the Portsmouth Harbour special protection area.  Moves to reclaim the land for the expansion of Portsmouth were rejected in the early 1990s on environmental grounds but the area around the Tipner quayside has been cleared in preparation for the re-development which at the time of writing has not happened.

Tipner Lake Portsmouth Harbour featured in The Farlington Marsh Murders



DI Andy Horton's investigation takes him across the Solent to the Isle of Wight

 Horton is catapulted into a complex and frustrating investigation which takes him across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. As the tension mounts to solve the case, Horton receives a chilling message; time, it seems, is also running out for him personally…

 
"A fast paced excellent mystery, with an interesting diverse set of characters, and an intriguing hook at the end that has me eagerly awaiting the next installment in this series.Highly recommended." Mystery People

The Farlington Marsh Murders by Pauline Rowson, a DI Andy Horton Mysterywson

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A brilliant book with more twists and turns than a corkscrew. A wide range of believable characters and an ending which means book 9 will have to be written." Kindle Customer


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great series of books.... They all leave you guessing till the end. Looking forward to the next book." Amazon Customer
 

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